Post #308374

2026-01-23 14:44 UTC

It has been now 4 days of multiple rejections for a *critical bug fix update* to my app, where App Review asks me to remove entitlements that my app doesn&#39;t need, like com.apple.security.files.downloads.read-write It has been now 4 days where I try to explain to App Review that I need that entitlement to save a photo to the Downloads folder, as the default save location.

Replies (5)

@rafa@mastodon.design 2026-01-23 14:45

It's 1 Infinite Loop, where it looks like they ignore my explanation and write back the exact same request.

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@bjtitus@mastodon.social 2026-01-23 14:51

@rafa@mastodon.design You’re not alone. 6 days for us with a rejection for an outdated privacy label that we can’t change in App Store Connect. My favorite part is the absence of any visible error message, only a 409 status code with slightly more info in the response body.

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@JTostitos@techhub.social 2026-01-23 15:35

@rejected@mastodon.social

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@carbontwelve@notacult.social 2026-01-23 17:45

@rafa@mastodon.design I miss the days when you could have a call with one of the people at Apple and talk them through the review process and get an answer there and then. Nowadays it feels like automation hell.

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@maarf@mastodon.social 2026-01-31 10:58

@rafa@mastodon.design Our app also got punished for using that entitlement to save files directly in Downloads folder just few weeks ago. This is real strange.

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